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past elections

North Carolina Governor

Roy A. Cooper (D) vs Dan Forest (R)

Actual result
D+4.5
Final polls said
D+10.6
17 late polls · ✓
Model predicted
D+9.8
Winner
Dem

"Final polls said" averages polls from the last ~3 weeks — the call right before the vote, and how pollsters are rated. The model's prediction is walk-forward (trained only on earlier races).

Final rankings

How everyone who called this race did, ranked — VotePredictor shown inline (★).

Pollsters — each pollster's final poll vs the result

#PollsterFinal callMissCalled
1Monmouth University Polling InstituteD+5.00.5
2Frederick PollsD+7.02.5
3CiviqsD+7.02.5
4Cardinal Point Analytics (CardinalGPS)D+1.43.2
5Meeting Street InsightsD+8.03.5
6Gravis MarketingD+8.03.5
7The New York Times/Siena CollegeD+9.04.5
8VotePredictorD+9.85.3
9Emerson CollegeD+9.95.4
10SSRSD+10.05.5
11Harper PollingD+10.05.5
12Impact ResearchD+10.05.5
13KFFD+10.05.5
14East Carolina University Center for Survey ResearchD+11.06.5
15SurveyUSAD+11.06.5
16RMG ResearchD+12.07.5
17University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public OpinionD+12.07.5
18Public Policy PollingD+12.07.5
19Suffolk UniversityD+12.47.9
20SwayableD+12.58.0
21Meredith College Department of History, Political Science, and International StudiesD+18.413.9
22Marist CollegeD+19.014.5
23Redfield & Wilton StrategiesD+19.014.5

Polls (35)

PollsterDatenPollMiss
Frederick Polls2020-10-30676D+7.02
Swayable2020-10-30655D+12.58
Emerson College2020-10-30855D+9.95
Cardinal Point Analytics (CardinalGPS)2020-10-27750D+1.43
SSRS2020-10-27901D+10.05
Marist College2020-10-27800D+19.014
East Carolina University Center for Survey Research2020-10-271103D+11.06
Meeting Street Insights2020-10-26600D+8.03
Gravis Marketing2020-10-26614D+8.03
The New York Times/Siena College2020-10-251034D+9.04
Swayable2020-10-25386D+9.04
SurveyUSA2020-10-25637D+11.06
RMG Research2020-10-25800D+12.07
Harper Polling2020-10-24504D+10.05
University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion2020-10-23911D+12.07
Meredith College Department of History, Political Science, and International Studies2020-10-18732D+18.414
East Carolina University Center for Survey Research2020-10-171155D+12.18
Civiqs2020-10-131211D+7.02
Emerson College2020-10-13721D+4.40
The New York Times/Siena College2020-10-11627D+14.09
Monmouth University Polling Institute2020-10-10500D+5.00
SurveyUSA2020-10-10669D+13.08
RMG Research2020-10-09800D+14.09
Public Policy Polling2020-10-04911D+12.07
East Carolina University Center for Survey Research2020-10-031232D+14.09
Impact Research2020-09-25822D+10.05
University of Massachusetts Lowell Center for Public Opinion2020-09-22921D+13.08
Meredith College Department of History, Political Science, and International Studies2020-09-20705D+10.36
Harper Polling2020-09-19612D+7.02
Redfield & Wilton Strategies2020-09-141092D+19.014
Suffolk University2020-09-13500D+12.48
The New York Times/Siena College2020-09-13653D+5.00
SurveyUSA2020-09-12596D+7.02
SSRS2020-09-11787D+9.04
KFF2020-09-061172D+10.05